When the clerk arrived, Trinket handed him the folded length of muslin, pointed to one of the strips, and ordered him to translate the Manchu words traced on it.
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- 韦小宝来到厅上,吩咐亲兵去叫了骁骑营中的一名满洲笔帖式来,取出一张棉纸,问他那几个满洲字是甚么意思。